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| Race 9 of 36 in the2011 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series | |||
 Richmond International Speedway | |||
| Date | April 30, 2011 (2011-04-30) | ||
| Official name | Crown Royal Presents the Your Name Here 400 | ||
| Location | Richmond International Raceway,Richmond, Virginia | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
| Course length | 0.75 miles (1.2 km) | ||
| Distance | 400 laps, 300 mi (483 km) | ||
| Weather | Partly cloudy | ||
| Average speed | 95.28 | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Earnhardt Ganassi Racing | ||
| Time | 20.989 | ||
| Most laps led | |||
| Driver | Kyle Busch | Joe Gibbs Racing | |
| Laps | 235 | ||
| Winner | |||
| No. 18 | Kyle Busch | Joe Gibbs Racing | |
| Television in the United States | |||
| Network | Fox Broadcasting Company | ||
| Announcers | Mike Joy,Darrell Waltrip andLarry McReynolds | ||
The2011 Crown Royal Presents the Matthew and Daniel Hansen 400 was aNASCARSprint Cup Series stock car race held on April 30, 2011 atRichmond International Raceway inRichmond, Virginia. Contested over 400 laps on the 0.75-mile (1.21 km) asphalt D-oval, it was the ninth race of the2011 Sprint Cup Series season. The race was won byKyle Busch for theJoe Gibbs Racing team.Denny Hamlin finished second, andKasey Kahne clinched third.
Richmond International Raceway is one of fiveshort tracks to hold NASCAR races; the others areBristol Motor Speedway,Dover International Speedway,Martinsville Speedway, andPhoenix International Raceway.[2] The NASCAR race makes use of the track's standard configuration, a four-turn short trackoval that is 0.75 miles (1.21 km) long.[3] The track's turns arebanked at fourteen degrees. The front stretch, the location of the finish line, is banked at eight degrees while the back stretch has two degrees of banking.[3] The racetrack has seats for 97,912 spectators.[3]
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